At some point we must find the liver to admit that, though they may (euphemism for definitely) not be doing it for us, we dicked darkies appreciate the effort black women put in to look beautiful. This strikes one as yet another trap song rushes from the speakers to find masochist ears to abuse….
Category: Fiction
One Muffin Left
Those damn CRC white devils again! But I had to get those muffins. I had to! I knew I had to get them soon as I started considering lesser taxing alternatives for my craving and coffee – like Romany Creams from the service station three minutes away. You see, I’m a serial victim of my…
Taxi Driver
So last evening as I am waiting for my rib Dagwood at the stadium inn, an old man plops his tired body next to me. I immediately put my kindle away and welcome him with a smile. We share pleasantries like a pair of old pals. But I don’t know him. Or rather I don’t…
A Brief History Of The Sabbath (or Why I Will Not Bath)
The Sabbath is a holy day. A holy day that came about after a protracted struggle against the tyranny of bathing. The name Sabbath gains its etymology from two opposing forces during the War of the Bath. It is written in the history books that once the country had been captured by a tyrannical trio…
HBD – Happiness Beyond Death
“His solitude was the one thing he valued most,” the story read. A weird story it was indeed. A story of a writer; about the writer’s writing. Like Kafka this writer “need[ed] solitude for [his] writing; not ‘like a hermit’ – that wouldn’t be enough – but like a dead man.” Like Kundera the writer…
The death of vhoAlbert torments me…
So it is a few decades down the line, I am watching a documentary with my grandchildren and my outcast film-maker daughter (infamous in her field for asserting that the only stories worth filming are those written by her dear father). The doccie is the much anticipated “All Time Greatest Dramatic Moments in SA TV”….
Love Letter #2
Dearest, It is my considered view that I love you. You ought to overstand that I am a slave of reason. And his buddy sense. So after careful inspection. And due consultation with them. A fair conclusion was arrived at. I led the evidence that I panic in your absence, I rejoice in your presence,…